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Kitchen Cupboard Remedies

Simple Management

Cod liver oil

It should be regarded as food rather than medicine. It contains minute amounts of iodine and phosphorous. It has been used traditionally in the various forms of tubercular disease - chronic discharge from the ears, enlargement of the glands, poor development of the bones and so on. It checks the development of emaciation, caused also by anorexia and bulimia. A small piece of ice in a dose of oil makes it almost tasteless. In a Mediterranean salad of Tabbouleh-bread and salad in olive oil it could be added with no taste. Ginger wine is effective in disguising any taste and of course is also tonic to the digestion. It may be taken as tasteless capsules available in health food shops or chemists. It removes exhaustion and increases general tone of muscular structure. As children after World War II we were given cod liver oil as a regular daily dose and orange juice.This was given to all of us as a supplement to the "rations" to which we were all subject because of the food shortages in the UK.We were also give a 1/3 of a pint of full cream milk every day at school as a requirement for good general health. I would venture to suggest that children today are not given any where near as good a start to the day - if they have breakfast at all it's a refined cereal product with 1/2 fat milk if not skimmed to avoid getting fat.

Old fashioned beef tea

This is an old recipe which gives great strength and nutrition to persons recovering from or subject to debilitating exhausting illnesses-ie long term chronic diseases, heart and lung problems, serious operations. Recipe - 1lb of lean beef ,from which skin bone and fat has been removed. A butcher will do this for you.Chop it up, put it into a large earthern jar with a cover, tie it up tightly in a cloth, put it into a saucepan and let it boil for 2 hours. Pour off the liquid essence, let it stand until cold, and skim off the fat. A few teaspoons may be given every 3/4 hours. Rice may be added as the patient grows stronger to make the beef tea more substantial.

Chicken broth

An old Jewish favourite which provides essential nutrients to aid recovery in an easily taken form.Current research shows that chicken soup contains essential nutrients and trace elements which are needed to heal any infection.When my younger twin daughter was a child with recurrent bad sore throats she would always ask for chicken soup in preference to any other to help her get better.
Recipe - Boil the whole chicken skinned until tender and strain off the resulting broth -serve with toast and season as required.

Oatmeal porridge

Wholesome and nutritious. It produces good muscular fire and strong bone.Boil water adding salt to taste.While boiling sprinkle the meal slowly on the surface and stir it in. When enough is added let it simmer for 1/2 an hour or longer stirring occasionally. Oatmeal is very soothing to the digestive system and in herbal and Homeopathic medicine is known as Avena Sativa. It has been proved to improve the nutrition of brain and nervous system. It is useful in nervous exhaustion and debility after exhausting diseases. Also used in nervous tremors of the aged, epilepsy and assists insomnia.

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